From: Ryan Johnson <ryan.johnson@cs.utoronto.ca>
To: cygwin@cygwin.com
Subject: Re: Cygwin unstable as hell on Windows7 64bit
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 20:14:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4FE3808D.6080903@cs.utoronto.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <013901cd4fd6$37703ab0$a650b010$@motionview3d.com>
On 21/06/2012 1:49 PM, James Johnston wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 15:55
>> Subject: Re: Cygwin unstable as hell on Windows7 64bitâ€
>>
>> On 21/06/2012 11:34 AM, Gerard H. Pille wrote:
>>> I checked the BLODA, but with only the following programs left
>>> running, Cygwin is still getting killed:
>>>
>>> $ ps -efW
>> <snip>
>>
>> A task list isn't terribly useful:
>> - It doesn't include system tasks (winlogon.exe and a pile of svchost.exe
>> being prominently absent)
>> - Some BLODA are services, which tend to run as threads within a process
>> rather than given their own
>> - BLODA are most often troublesome because they inject dlls dynamically
>> into other processes. I dont' know the mechanics, but I suspect it involves
>> black magic in the registry and doesn't require the BLODA to be "running" at
>> all (that's why an uninstall is usually needed to clean up the mess).
> No black magic at all - can I introduce you to the AppInit_DLLs registry value?
OT: I consider the Windows registry to be a branch of black magic. It
sucks the life out of programs, enthralls them, and otherwise makes life
miserable for everyone it touches. ;)
Ryan
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2012-06-21 20:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2012-06-19 10:51 Gerard H. Pille
2012-06-19 10:55 ` Fedin Pavel
2012-06-19 12:00 ` Eliot Moss
2012-06-19 12:05 ` Ryan Johnson
[not found] ` <201206191631.q5JGVSaD088723@barrierB241.nike.com>
2012-06-21 15:35 ` Gerard H. Pille
2012-06-21 15:55 ` Ryan Johnson
2012-06-21 17:51 ` James Johnston
2012-06-21 18:02 ` Thrall, Bryan
2012-06-21 20:14 ` Ryan Johnson [this message]
2012-06-22 8:17 ` Gerard H. Pille
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